There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.

I literally was saved by a role, from becoming a cab driver. I never did have to wait tables, though, so looking back I guess I had it pretty soft.

If I have to be typecast, I'd like it to be as Abraham Lincoln.

Good directors say, Here's where the play is. They stand by the heart of the matter. Some of them stand beside it.

I think the bait for doing something really is always the part.

I think people have some control over what they want; there's a relationship - maybe not automatic - between what you want and get.

If you're going to be born ugly and be an actor - the least they can do is let you play Lincoln.